June 16, 2014

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting June 16, 2014 Teleconference via ReadyTalk AGENDA
Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
12:00 noon	Welcome Remarks	Professor Mark Koepke, FESAC Chair West Virginia University	PDF
12:15 p.m.	Presentation of the FESAC Workforce Development Needs (WDN) Panel report	Dr. Hantao Ji, PPPL, Chair of the FESAC WDN Panel	PDF
1:30 p.m.	Questions & Answers, Discussion, Approval Vote	FESAC and WDN Panel Members
2:30 p.m.	Public Comments
3:00 p.m.	Other Business
4:00 p.m.	Adjourn

June 16, 2014	Minutes		PDF

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The weight of antihydrogen atoms (a positively charged positron or anti-electron orbiting a negatively charged antiproton) balances the weight of hydrogen atoms (a negatively charged electron orbiting a positively charged proton).

Antihydrogen Falls Downward!

Settling a long-standing question, scientists have proven that antihydrogen falls downward in a first-ever direct experiment.

Negative triangularity shaping in the DIII-D tokamak (left) produced plasmas with no observed instabilities for triangularities less than approximately -0.15, even at high heating power and core performance (right).

Inverting Fusion Plasmas Improves Performance

Plasmas with negative triangularity show reduced gradients that develop into instabilities, including under conditions relevant to fusion power plants.